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Three crashes in three daysThe month of March came in with a crash, with three vehicle accidents occurring in as many days in Middlesex last week. The most serious crash occurred on Thursday, March 1, about 5:30 p.m., when the driver of a 1994 pickup was partially ejected as the vehicle overturned on Barricks Mill Road in Wake.

posted 03.07.2012

Dr. Dorgan brought family therapy to the areaMany of those who were helped by psychologist Dr. Patrick Dorgan may not know how fortunate they were. For more than 34 years Dr. Dorgan’s vocation and advocation has been “Strategic Family Therapy,” a type of counseling that was still emerging in 1977 when he came to work for the MP-NNCSB in Saluda.

posted 03.07.2012

Airfield to get automated weather observing system
The Middlesex Board of Supervisors approved a plan at its February 21 board meeting to work with the Virginia Department of Aviation to install an Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS) at Hummel Field in Topping. The board approved an updated plan and a proposed location for the system at the county-owned airfield.

posted 03.07.2012

Abbott pleads not guilty; judge will decide case
Following a brief pre-trial hearing on Monday, February 27, Abbott’s attorney, Craig Cooley of Richmond, left Middlesex Circuit Court with a large box filled with hundreds of documents from the grand jury. Retired judge Paul F. Sheridan signed the order releasing all the grand jury documents, which had been sealed, to Abbott and his attorney.